• DOI:10.1007/BF02422228
Corpus ID: 19155384

Multiple factors in the origin of the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the role of environmental stress and Deccan Trap volcanism

@article{Glasby1996MultipleFI,
  title={Multiple factors in the origin of the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the role of environmental stress and Deccan Trap volcanism},
  author={G. Glasby and H. Kunzendorf},
  journal={Geologische Rundschau},
  year={1996},
  volume={85},
  pages={191-210}
}

• G. Glasby, H. Kunzendorf
• Published 1996
• Geology, Medicine
• Geologische Rundschau

A review of the scenarios for the Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) boundary event is presented and a coherent hypothesis for the origin of the event is formulated. Many scientists now accept that the event was caused by a meteorite impact at Chicxulub in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Our investigations show that the oceans were already stressed by the end of the Late Cretaceous as a result of the long-term drop in atmospheric CO2, the long-term drop in sea level and the frequent development of… Expand

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